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Dirty Banking

This is the story of Swedbank and the world’s largest money laundering scandal. Produced by the award winning team of investigative journalists at Swedish Television, Dirty Banking exposed how one of Europes most prestigious banks - Swedbank - has been used for systematic money laundering for nearly a decade.

Billions of euros flowed through the bank to Russian oligarchs, Ukraine president Yanukovych and Donald Trumps campaign manager Manafort.

The bank is now investigated for channeling around 150 billion euros through its affiliates in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. The stock fell over 25 percent following the scandal and last year the CEO and Director of the board was forced to resign.

Dirty banking have won numerous prizes including the prestigious DIG Awards in Italy for best long format investigation 2020.

2020 it was also nominated for an international EMMY®

Winning motivation DIG Awards 2020:
"Even when countries prize themselves of being amongst the most transparent, journalists should never put their guard down. This film is one of the few remaining examples of what a public broadcaster can do when it is given the freedom to inves.gate one of the countries’ biggest banks involved with Russian and Ukranian money laundering."

  • Axel Humlesjö
    Producer
  • Joachim Dyfvermark
    Producer
  • Linda Larsson Kakuli
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    True crime, Corruption
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 24, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    200,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
  • Language:
    English, Russian, Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • DIG Awards Winner
    Modena
    Italy
    October 10, 2020
    WINNER - Best long format investigation
  • International Emmy Nominee
    New York
    United States
    September 21, 2020
    Nominee Current Affairs
  • Swedish Grand Prize of Journalism
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    November 1, 2020
    Winner best investigation
Distribution Information
  • SVT
    Distributor
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography

Axel Gordh Humlesjö (b. 1986) is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning investigative reporter at the Swedish public broadcaster - SVT.
He specializes in organized crime, corruption and digital research. His latest documentary "Deceptive Diplomacy" won an international EMMY® 2019.

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